公开(公告)号：US11729252B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US17372948

申请日：2021-07-12

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Jacob Andreou ,  Darryl Hudgin ,  Evan Spiegel

IPC: H04L67/06 ,  H04L51/10 ,  G06F16/738 ,  G06F16/438 ,  H04L67/75 ,  G06F3/04845 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  H04L51/02

CPC classification number: H04L67/06 ,  G06F3/04845 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F16/4393 ,  G06F16/739 ,  H04L51/02 ,  H04L51/10 ,  H04L67/75

Abstract: Systems and methods for communicating and displaying collections of image and video clip content are described. In one example embodiment, a device receives interface information about a group of content collections from a server computer system. When a user inputs a selection of a first content collection, the device displays images and video clips in a sequence defined by the content collection. Each piece of content (e.g. image or video clip) is displayed for less than a threshold display time. When the device finishes playing the first content collection, the device automatically begins playing a next content collection. Additional content collections generated from content submitted by other client devices can be received from the server computer system, with autoforward play of additional content collections continuing indefinitely. Some embodiments include content collections generated by the server computer system, as well as advertising elements or other system images presented between content collections.

公开(公告)号：US20230113334A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-13

申请号：US18078268

申请日：2022-12-09

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Daniel Amitay ,  Jonathan Brody ,  Leonid Gorkin ,  Jeffrey Arthur Johnson ,  Andrew Lin ,  Walton Lin ,  Nayana Samaranayake ,  Evan Spiegel ,  Marcel M. Yung

IPC: G06F3/04817 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04L67/52 ,  H04L41/28 ,  G06F16/248 ,  H04L51/52 ,  G06F16/9537 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04L67/50 ,  G06T11/60 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04W12/02 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  H04L67/12 ,  G06F16/487 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04W4/18 ,  H04L41/22 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  H04W4/21 ,  H04W4/02 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F9/54

Abstract: A server system for a map-based social media platform maintains user location information to enable the rendering of friend icons on a map at a corresponding display locations. The system maintains a per user access control list (ACL) that lists all users whose icons can be viewed by a requesting user. The ACL can include a designation of respective display granularity levels for different friend users.

公开(公告)号：US20230101798A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-30

申请号：US17937776

申请日：2022-10-03

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Evan Spiegel ,  Robert Cornelius Murphy

IPC: H04L51/216 ,  H04L51/10 ,  G06F3/04895 ,  H04L51/046 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0481

Abstract: A server includes a processor and a memory storing a multiple channel message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to identify when participants at client devices are viewing a common message thread. An alternate channel communication prompt is supplied to the client devices. An alternate channel communication is delivered to the client devices in response to activation of the alternate channel communication prompt by at least one participant.

公开(公告)号：US20230080722A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17946312

申请日：2022-09-16

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Maria Pavlovskaia ,  Evan Spiegel

IPC: G06F16/48 ,  G06F16/9537 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/40 ,  G06F16/435 ,  G06F16/487 ,  G06F40/10 ,  G06F40/189

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated local story generation and curation are described. In one example embodiment, a server computer receives content from client devices, and processes the content to identify content characteristics. Stories are then generated based on the characteristics of the received content, and the stories are communicated to client devices. In certain embodiments, selection at a client device of an individual piece of content within a story may further be used by the system to provide the client device with a sub-story that includes pieces of content sharing content characteristics with the characteristics of the selected image or video.

公开(公告)号：US11522822B1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-06

申请号：US15224355

申请日：2016-07-29

Applicant: Snap, Inc.

Inventor： Nicholas Allen ,  Donald Giovannini ,  Chiayi Lin ,  Robert Murphy ,  Evan Spiegel

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L51/42 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06Q50/00

Abstract: A server maintains a gallery of ephemeral messages respectively comprising visual media content, such as user-provided photographic content or user-provided video content. Each ephemeral message is posted to the gallery by a user for viewing by recipients via recipient devices. In response to a gallery view request from any of the recipient devices, the ephemeral messages in the gallery are displayed on the requesting device in automated sequence, each message being displayed for a respective display duration before display of the next message in the gallery. The gallery has a global gallery availability parameter, and each message has a gallery participation timer. The gallery is made unavailable for viewing upon expiry of the gallery availability parameter or upon expiry of the gallery participation timer of a last posted message in the gallery, whichever occurs first.

公开(公告)号：US11409407B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-09

申请号：US15965811

申请日：2018-04-27

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Daniel Amitay ,  Jonathan Brody ,  Maxwell Gale ,  Timothy Jordan Garcia ,  Daniel Vincent Grippi ,  Jeffrey Arthur Johnson ,  Sheridan Kates ,  Andrew Lin ,  Walton Lin ,  Gaurav Misra ,  Suraj Vindana Samaranayake ,  Amer Shahnawaz ,  Evan Spiegel

IPC: G06F3/04817 ,  G06T11/20 ,  G06T11/60 ,  H04L67/52 ,  H04L67/50 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/21 ,  G06F16/29 ,  H04L51/52 ,  H04L9/40 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/9537 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04W4/02 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  H04L41/22 ,  H04L41/28 ,  H04L67/12 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F16/487 ,  H04W4/18 ,  G06F9/54

Abstract: A server-side administrative interface for a social media platform allows for restriction of defined geographical areas. Social media items originating from such restricted areas are automatically filtered or age-restricted for availability via a map-based graphical user interface of the social media platform.

公开(公告)号：US20220086340A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：US17537194

申请日：2021-11-29

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Rylee Ebsen ,  Nathan Jurgenson ,  Ryan Marzolph ,  Evan Spiegel

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/021 ,  H04W4/18 ,  G06F16/9537 ,  G06F16/487 ,  H04M1/72457

Abstract: A system and method for accessing a media item on a mobile device are described. The mobile device includes a media placement application and a media display application. The media placement application receives a selection of a media item generated by the mobile device. The media placement application generates access conditions for the media item based on geolocation and position information of the mobile device associated with the selected media item. The media display application monitors the geolocation and position of the mobile device and determines whether the geolocation and position of the mobile device meet the access conditions of the selected media item. The media display application generates a notification that the selected media item is available to view in a display of the mobile device in response to determining that the geolocation and position of the mobile device meet the access conditions of the selected media item.

公开(公告)号：US11258743B1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US15224377

申请日：2016-07-29

Applicant: Snap, Inc.

Inventor： Nicholas Allen ,  Donald Giovannini ,  Chiayi Lin ,  Robert Murphy ,  Evan Spiegel

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L51/42 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/215 ,  G06F16/23 ,  G06Q50/00

Abstract: A server maintains an ephemeral message gallery of ephemeral messages. Each ephemeral message is posted to the ephemeral message gallery by a user for viewing by recipients via recipient devices. In response to an ephemeral message gallery view request from any of the recipient devices, the ephemeral messages in the ephemeral message gallery are displayed on the requesting device in automated sequence, each message being displayed for a respective display duration before display of the next message in the ephemeral message gallery. A user interface via which the ephemeral message gallery is viewable includes indicia with respect to the number of times the ephemeral message gallery has been viewed online by other users.

公开(公告)号：US20210342473A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US17234012

申请日：2021-04-19

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Robert Murphy ,  Evan Spiegel

IPC: G06F21/62 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  H04L12/58 ,  G06K9/22

Abstract: A method executed by a computer includes receiving an image from a client device. A facial recognition technique is executed against an individual face within the image to obtain a recognized face. Privacy rules are applied to the image, where the privacy rules are associated with privacy settings for a user associated with the recognized face. A privacy protected version of the image is distributed, where the privacy protected version of the image has an altered image feature.

公开(公告)号：US20210306291A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US17193667

申请日：2021-03-05

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Evan Spiegel ,  Robert Cornelius Murphy ,  Chamal Samaranayake

IPC: H04L12/58 ,  G06F3/0489 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0481

Abstract: A server has a processor and a memory storing a multiple channel message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to identify when participants at client devices are actively viewing a common message thread at the same time to establish a participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication lock prompt is supplied the client devices in response to the participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication is delivered to the client devices in response to activation of the alternate channel communication lock prompt by at least one participant.